Frank Dasso

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Frank Dasso
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 22, 1945, for the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB appearance
June 6, 1946, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
Win–loss record4–5
Earned run average3.91
Strikeouts40
Teams

Frank Joseph Nicholas Dasso (August 31, 1917 – June 8, 2009) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds during the 1945 and 1946 seasons.[1]

Early life

Dasso was born on August 31, 1917, in

Austin High School.[3]

Working towards the Majors

He was signed by the

Eastern League in 1938, with a record of 13–14 in 38 games and an ERA of 3.89.[4] Dasso led the Eastern League that season, with 179 strikeouts in 243 innings of work.[5]

He started the 1939 season in the Eastern League with the

Scranton Red Sox, and had a 4–3 record and an ERA of 2.91 in 12 games.[4] While pitching for the Little Rock Travelers of the Southern Association later that season, Dasso threw a perfect game against the Memphis Chicks on April 21, 1939. The Travelers won the game 7–0, with the only Chicks reaching base on a walk and two errors.[5] With Little Rock, Dasso had a record of 4–7 in 27 games, to go along with an ERA of 4.86.[4]

The Red Sox sent Dasso to the San Francisco Seals as part of the deal in which the Red Sox acquired outfielder Dom DiMaggio.[6]

For the 1940 season, Dasso headed west to begin what turned out to be a 10-season long stretch with four different

San Francisco Seals in 1940, Dasso had a 10–15 record and an ERA of 3.31. He played for the Hollywood Stars in 1942, with a 15–15 record for the season in 43 games and an ERA of 3.91. He spent the 1942 through 1944 seasons pitching for the San Diego Padres (no connection to the major league team of the same name) and had records of 15–18, 12–8 and 20–19 in the three seasons and ERAs each year of around 2.80.[4]

Major leagues

The Cincinnati Reds bought his rights from the Padres, after Dasso led the Pacific Coast League in strikeouts for the 1944 season.[7]

Dasso first played at the major league level on April 22, 1945.[1] Dasso appeared in 18 games for the Reds during his career. He started 12 games for the Reds in 1945 compiling a record of 4–5, and made two appearances in 1946.[8]

After the majors

With the Hollywood Stars in 1946, Dasso had a 12–5 record and a 3.27 ERA in 26 games. He split the 1947 season between Hollywood and the

Sporting News as "the best any Coast League club ever had."[9] His final season at Sacramento was in 1950, where he declined to a 4–9 season record in 31 games and a 5.49 ERA.[4]

As general manager of the

Tri-City Braves, in which attendees at the game were told that you could "pay what you like; no regular admission". Gate receipts from the 3,200 in attendance at the game was $1,251, an average of 40 cents per fan, earning the team more in profit from that one game than any three games they had played in that season to-date.[10]

Personal

Dasso came to Wenatchee, Washington in 1952 as a player, and later as a coach and general manager, with the Wenatchee Chiefs, and settled there with his family after retiring from baseball. He later worked for as an Allstate Insurance agent and as a property manager for a bank, retiring when he was 85 years old.[2]

Dasso died at age 91, on June 8, 2009, in Seattle, Washington. His wife, the former Ethel Gretz, had died in 1997; The two were married in 1939. He was survived by a daughter and three sons.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Frank Dasso Stats". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 14, 2008.
  2. ^
    Wenatchee World
    . Accessed June 23, 2009.
  3. ^ "LANE DEFEATS AUSTIN, 4–2, TO WIN CITY TITLE", Chicago Tribune, June 7, 1936. Accessed June 23, 2009.
  4. ^
    Baseball-Reference
    . Accessed June 23, 2009.
  5. ^ a b via Associated Press. "DASSO HURLS NO-HIT GAME; Stops Memphis for Little Rock; Fanning 11 Batsmen", The New York Times, April 22, 1939. Accessed June 23, 2009.
  6. Christian Science Monitor
    , March 25, 1940. Accessed June 23, 2009.
  7. ^ "REDS BUY DASSO, FORMER STAR AT LANE TECH HIGH", Chicago Tribune, October 1, 1944. Accessed June 23, 2009.
  8. ^ "Historical Stats". The Official Site of Major League Baseball. MLB Advanced Media, LP. Retrieved January 14, 2008.
  9. ^ Old, John B. (August 31, 1949). "Scouts Eye Cookie's Jarful of Prospects". The Sporting News. p. 23.
  10. Eugene Register-Guard
    , June 27, 1953. Accessed June 23, 2009.

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